Mericella

Mericella
Mericella bozzettii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Volutoidea
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Mericella Thiele, 1929
Type species
Cancellaria jucunda Thiele, 1925
Synonyms
Cancellaria (Mericella) Thiele, 1929 (original rank)

Mericella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Mericella include:

• Mericella alvesi (Lima, Barros & Petit, 2007)
• Mericella bozzettii Petit & Harasewych, 1993[2]
• Mericella jucunda (Thiele, 1925)[3]
• Mericella paschalis (Thiele, 1925)[4]
• Mericella rosadoi Verhecken, 2020
• Mericella zhangsupingae S.-Q. Zhang & P. Wei, 2018

Species brought into synonymy

• Mericella cingulata (Olsson & Bayer, 1972):[5] synonym of Gerdiella cingulata Olsson & Bayer, 1973
• Mericella corbicula (Dall, 1908):[6] synonym of Gerdiella corbicula (Dall, 1908)
• Mericella gerda Olsson & Bayer, 1972:[7] synonym of Gerdiella gerda Olsson & Bayer, 1973
• Mericella santa Olsson & Bayer, 1972:[8] synonym of Gerdiella santa Olsson & Bayer, 1973

References

1. Mericella Thiele, 1929. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
2. Mericella bozzettii Petit & Harasewych, 1993. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
3. Mericella jucunda (Thiele, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
4. Mericella paschalis (Thiele, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
5. Mericella cingulata (Olsson & Bayer, 1972). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
6. Mericella corbicula (Dall, 1908). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
7. Mericella gerda Olsson & Bayer, 1972. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
8. Mericella santa Olsson & Bayer, 1972. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.

• Thiele, J. (1929-1935). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1154 pp.
• Verhecken A. (2020). New and poorly known species of Cancellariidae (Neogastropoda: Cancellarioidea) from the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific. Gloria Maris. 59(2): 40–89.